Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=qecBAAAAQAAJ 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. MY LORDS OF STROGUE. MY LORDS OF STROGUE. _A CHRONICLE OF IRELAND, FROM THE CONVENTION TO THE UNION_. BY HON. LEWIS WINGFIELD, AUTHOR OF 'LADY GRIZEL,' ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON, Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen. 1879. [_All Rights Reserved_.] 'God of Vengeance! smite us With Thy shaft sublime, If one bond unite us Forged in fraud or crime. But if humbly kneeling We implore Thine ear, For our rights appealing-- God of Nations! Hear!' CONTENTS OF VOL. III. CHAPTER I. SAWDUST IN THE CHANCELLOR'S DOLL. II. MR. CASSIDY IS IN DOUBT. III. SHANE'S LITTLE PARTY. IV. THE SHAMBLES. V. THE ALTAR OF MOLOCH. VI. APRÈS LA MORT, LE MÉDECIN. VII. SUSPENSE. VIII. EAVESDROPPING. IX. PREPARATIONS FOR THE SACRIFICE. X. CONSIGNED TO MOILEY. XI. ATÉ. XII. MOILEY'S LAST MEAL. TO THE READER. LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED. MY LORDS OF STROGUE. CHAPTER I. SAWDUST IN THE CHANCELLOR'S DOLL.